Hello. I have a Tyan Trinity S1857 board and according to your compatible chipset list, it's chipset (Intel 440BX) is compatible. Is there anyway I can get a port of some kind? I'm really not good with C at all and I'd really like use Coreboot. Any reply will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you :)
On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:20:45 -0400, Brandon ssjgoku75x@aol.com wrote:
Hello. I have a Tyan Trinity S1857 board and according to your compatible chipset list, it's chipset (Intel 440BX) is compatible. Is there anyway I can get a port of some kind? I'm really not good with C at all and I'd really like use Coreboot. Any reply will be greatly appreciated.
Sorry Brandon, If you want coreboot on your board you will have to do the port yourself. You can do some research and find one of the many 440BX boards already supported that is close to yours and use that as a starting point. Good Luck :-)
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 4:50 AM, Joseph Smith joe@settoplinux.org wrote:
On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:20:45 -0400, Brandon ssjgoku75x@aol.com wrote:
Hello. I have a Tyan Trinity S1857 board and according to your compatible chipset list, it's chipset (Intel 440BX) is compatible. Is there anyway I can get a port of some kind? I'm really not good with C at all and I'd really like use Coreboot. Any reply will be greatly appreciated.
Sorry Brandon, If you want coreboot on your board you will have to do the port yourself.
The good news is that there should be very little C to write if your chipset is already supported. If you're willing to invest some time, you should:
1. Get a null modem serial cable and another PC so you can capture the serial output 2. Make a copy of your original BIOS and make plans for recovery in case something fails 3. Figure out which supported board is closest to yours (maybe change the SuperIO in devicetree.cb) 4. Try it and post your serial log to the list with specific questions.
You could also try it on qemu first to familiarize yourself with the building process.
Good luck, Myles
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